Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 49A.151 — COUNTY SERVED BY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE: NOTICE AND REPORT OF DEATH OCCURRING IN INSTITUTION
CR § 49A.151Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 49A. DEATH INQUESTS · Art. D. INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTS OF CERTAIN DEATHS BY OTHER OFFICIALS
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View on source(a)For the purposes of this article, "institution" does not include a hospital.
(b)A superintendent or general manager of an institution who is required by Article 49A.053 to report to a justice of the peace the death of a person under the care, custody, or control of or residing in the institution shall:
(1)within 24 hours after the death of a person, notify the office of the attorney general of the person's death; and
(2)within 72 hours after the death of a person, prepare and submit to the office of the attorney general a report containing all facts relevant to the person's death.
(c)The superintendent or general manager shall make a good faith effort to obtain all facts relevant to a person's death and to include those facts in the report submitted under Subsection (b)(2).
(d)The office of the attorney general may investigate each death reported to the office by an institution that receives payments through the medical assistance program under Chapter 32, Human Resources Code.
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